Dispensing carton for packages of shoe laces



July 10, 1934. D. D. MITCHELL DISPENSING CARTON FOR PACKAGES OF SHOELACES Filed Aug. 5, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l VENTO ATTORNEY.

July 10, 1934. D. D. MITCHELL 1,965,904

DISPENSING CARTON FOR PACKAGES OF SHOE LACES Filed Aug. 5, 1932 2Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY.

Patented July 10, 1934 UNITED STAT I 1EN ING CAR ON F SH E 49.

David D. Mitchell, Portsmouth, Ohio Application August 5, 1932; erialN9- 5.

'3 Claims. (c1. 206-44 My invention relates to dispensing anddisplaying'cartons for shoe laces. Shoe laces are usually wrapped inlong narrowpackages; two laces to each package, and these packages areplaced side by side in a carton. An object of my invention is to providea carton that may readily be made from a single blank with a window inthe front of it for the-display of and shipped to theretailer.

A further object of my invention is to provide a carton with all of theabove advantages, that may be set up on a stand by the retailer fordisplay, and from which the packages of shoe laces may be removed one byone without disturbing the carton itself, or removing the carton fromthe di l et n Another object of my invention is to provide a carton withall of the above advantages, and which, when set up in the store, willpresents, plea in and order y ppe an t th e .e the customer, and whichmay be constructed very cheaply, and without the use of expensiveInaehin or t e 'I'he'seando her objects of my invention which will beapparent to one skilled in the art .upon reading these specifications, Iaccomplish by'that certain construction .and arrangement of parts ofwhich I shall now describe a preferred embqdi ment. Reference is nowmade to the drawings which form a part thereof, and in which:

Figure' l is a perspective view of my cartons mounted on a displaystand.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the blank from -which my preferredcarton is made.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of my preferred carton in assembled form.

Fig. 4 is a plan View of my assembled carton with the corner portionstorn away and arranged for dispensing.

Fig. 5 is a section taken along the section line 5, din Fig. 1.

Briefly, in the practice of my invention, I provide a blank 1 (Fig. 2)made from cardboard,

.45' with a window opening 2 covered with any well known transparentmaterial, positioned in the front 3 of the carton. The portion 40f theblank which represents the back when the blank is set up into cartonform has a cut 5, 6, 7 so positioned as to form a tab or ear 8.Articulated to the back 4 and the front 3 of the blank, and separated byscore lines 9, 10 and 11 are the two sides 12 and 13, and the top 14.Articulated to both the front .3 and the back 4 of the carton anddivided from them by the score lines 15 and 16 is the bottom 1'7.

the shoe laces, and which may be easily packed PATENT. QFFICE recessesThe corners of the blank and the notches 18 are cut out so as to permitthe folding .of the side and top andbottom of the blank upward and intocarton position. There are perforations or out scores 22 and 23 placedin the" sides and back nor- 6,0 tions, of the blank, and so positionedthat inlthe set up .or carton term f the blank hese p rforae tions willdefine a line clear-through the carton and transver e the bottomcorners. The l n is set p by bendin th si e an t p wall upwardly, and thn bending th front and t e ba k up from the bott m wall 17- 'li e sid waadiaee the front wa l-3 are positione ove the s d wa adjacent the bacwal a-and th Sid a d top eusare .fasten d o et r by mean o pa er .9seals 25*, or in any oth i wn ma ne he s oe la e i the usua indiyidupacka es are pl dmy r ie red arte in uc a ma ne th t the wil li para let th v eette i 1-? 9 he canon and th menQr cn o .tnec rten are seen uthat the w dt .o the canton issl eht y rea e than the length of eachindividual shoe-lace p ekeee- A te th lac s have bee i se te i e ca tonth ca to i sealed wi h the i e a im of sea :25 a d read :in s inni t9 0h retei e f he fin e stand arrest i sprises a base 26,. with anupwardly'projecting tanda 1 5 hetetab .meeete .91 s an are 1 9931 .112?ca ria e .egie n eih tee v8. 28 and a bottom 29 joined together bytheside wa ls e ite t eitee eraee ter 'e which bears against the standard2'7 at a point near its bottom or base 26. The top 28 has a hole 36,which does not go completely through 89 the top, and which acts as abearing for the tip of the standard 27, on which the carriage rides. Thecarriage, in my preferred form shown in the drawings, is four sided; butI may prefer to make it with greater or less sides and merely Millustrate a four sided carriage for the purpose of convenience. Thewalls 30 are made of sheet metal or any analogous material, and have ahorizontal slot 32 near the top and long enough to snugly accommodatethe tab or ear 8 on the back of the carton. Positioned near the bottomof the side walls are sets of two outwardly projecting ears 33,positioned apart a distance equal to the width of the carton,'and ofsuch a distance down from the slot 32 as to firmly 19, grasp the twosides of the carton when it is hung on the wall by means of projectingthe tab or ear 8 through the slot 32. It may be found convenient to bendthe edge of the metal just above slot 32 inward, and the edge just belowthe slot H0 outward, in order to facilitate the insertion of the tab 8.

When the retail dealer receives the carton of shoe-laoes he tears offthe two bottom corners 34 and 35 on the perforated line, and the cartontakes on the appearance as in Figure 4. The carton is now placed on thestand by inserting the ear 8 on the back of the carton into thehorizontal slot of the stand 32 and pressing the carton against the sidewall of the carriage so that the projecting ears 33 will grip the sidesof the carton and hold it firmly against the wall 30 of the displaycarriage. It will now be seen that the end of the lace package 37 willproject from the bottom of the carton in such a manner that in order toremove it, it is only necessary to grasp and pull it out with ahorizontal movement. When this is done the package just above theremoved one will drop down and take its place, in the same position foreasy removal. This progression will continue until the last package hasbeen removed from the carton.

It will be found convenient to place different cartons containingdifferent kinds or colors of shoe-laces on the different sides of mycarriage, so that the customer may spin the carriage around on thestandard 2'? and view the different kinds of shoe-laces in order to makea selection.

It will be obvious that with my carton the dealer need only buy newcartons of shoe laces in order to replace his old ones when they areemptied. It is not necessary for the dealer to erect a complicatedfolded display stand, or to rearrange his new stock every time heobtains a new carton. All he has todo is to tear off the two bottomcorners 34 and 35 of the carton and insert the ear 8 on the back of thecarton into the slot 32 of the display stand. The tabs 33 on the standwill keep the carton in a vertical position with the torn off cornersatthe bottom prising a carton having a front wall, a back wall, sides, topand bottom walls, a supply package loosely retained therein, said cartonhaving a bottom corner of the front wall cut away and the end of thebottom wall cut away to a point that will register with the cut awayportion of the front wall, the back wall and the side being perforatedon lines equivalent to the cut out lines on the front and bottom walls,said perforated portions being adapted to be torn away to expose one endof the bottom package so that the package may be removed endwise, andpermitting the remaining packages in said carton to drop down until thelowermost package is received and held in the position of the removedpackage.

2. A carton having a back wall, side, top and bottom walls, said frontand back walls being of a size substantially greater than said side, topand bottom walls, a supply of packages loosely retained therein, atleast one of the lower corners of said carton having frangible lines onsaid front, back, side and bottom walls, said linesbeing in the sameplane which is at an angle to the edges of said front and back walls,thereby adapting said corner to be torn away to expose the end of thebottom package so that the package may be removed endwise, andpermitting the remaining packages in said carton to drop down and havethe lowermost package received in the position of the removed package.

3. A carton having a back wall, a top and side walls of rectangularshape, a front wall and a bottom wall, said front wall being the same assaid back wall with a lower corner cut away, said bottom wall being thesame as said top but of a shorter length, all the walls being assembledintegrally to form a carton having a front with a corner cut away andthe bottom cut away, said cut away portion of the bottom registeringwith the cut away portion of the front wall, perforations on said backwall and said side wall in the same plane as the edges of said out outportions of said front and bottom walls, packages loosely retainedwithin said carton so that an end of the bottom package will be exposedand so that the perforated portions may be torn away and thereby permitthe removal of the lowermost package and thereby permitting the packagesto drop in said carton so that the next lowermost package will take theposition of the removed package.

DAVID D. MITCHELL.

